Being a Silicon Valley billionaire comes with its pitfalls, one being that everything you say will be scrutinized by the public.

Elon Musk doesn’t seem to mind though. Despite his position as the CEO of Tesla and chairman of SolarCity, Musk has noted his lack of filter and marketing skills, and the results are sometimes, well, perfect.

Musk often takes to Twitter, most recently representing his Gigafactory in “units of hamster.” He also outwitted analysts this week after they asked him if the SolarCity merger was due to a conflict of interest. Fine Musk, you win.

To celebrate him and his lack of filter, here are 18 times Musk made us laugh:

Additional reporting by Nina Zipkin

1. He trolled the trolls.

While companies such as Google and Facebook grapple with how to weed out false news stories, Musk took to Twitter to weigh in on the work of a mysterious person named "Shepard Stewart," who has been publishing fake pieces about him and his companies. He included a South Park reference, naturally.

Can anyone uncover who is really writing these fake pieces? Can't be skankhunt42. His work is better than this. https://t.co/Qs69AFMGE5

4. He brought backseat reading lights back to the Model S because his son called it “the stupidest car in the world.”

One of Musk’s most important critics, his son, complained that he couldn’t read in the back of his dad’s car.

The Model S originally had reading lights in the back, but Tesla took them out to increase headroom in the back seat. One of Musk’s five sons thought that idea was stupid.

Musk brought the backseat reading light back to the Model S, even offering to put the lights into cars that had already been delivered -- for free.

5. When Musk was asked about his personal life, his reaction was hilarious.

Musk has joked in the past about how marriage hasn’t worked out for him, with his first marriage ending in divorce, and his second marriage also recently ending in divorce.

But when asked about his personal life, the billionaire definitely seems to know what he’s doing.

"I think the time allocated to the businesses and the kids is going fine," Musk told Bloomberg BusinessWeek. "I would like to allocate more time to dating, though. I need to find a girlfriend. How much time does a woman want a week? Maybe 10 hours?"

6. Apparently for Iron Man, getting wasted is in the job description.

Musk told Bloomberg that Robert Downey Jr., who plays Marvel's Iron Man, once showed up at the SpaceX office playing on the notion that Musk has been called the real Iron Man. Bloomberg's reporter noted that Musk didn’t seem to have the bad-boy personality Tony Stark has.

Musk replied, “Hey, I went to Haiti last Christmas and visited some pretty dangerous parts. I got wasted, too, on some drink they call the Zombie.”

7. Musk got a little off track when introducing the bioweapon defense mode on the new Tesla Model X.

11. He most certainly doesn’t lie about what it takes to run a business.

In an interview with Limitless Stars, Musk doesn’t exactly suggest starting a business. “Starting a company is like eating glass staring into the abyss of death. Um, if that sounds appealing, go ahead.”

He sure makes it look easy though, simultaneously running two incredibly successful companies while taking care of five children.

12. He defined his Gigafactory in “units of hamster.”

Elon Musk has been hard at work with his Gigafactory, dedicating more than $5 billion into the facility that will apparently be one of the largest buildings in the world. Musk made headlines in 2015 when he ramped up the construction schedule.

Despite the serious nature of the factory for Tesla’s future, Musk posted on Twitter the “units of hamster” that the Gigafactory would take up. Yes, units of hamster. Some were unsatisfied with the animal chosen, requesting it be in units of puppies.

13. He shut down analysts on Tesla's acquisition of SolarCity.

After Tesla and SolarCity made the announcement that the two would be merging, analysts started to question Musk, mostly because he owns around 20 percent of both companies. Isn’t that a conflict of interest?

“The conflicts of interest,” Musk said to an analyst on Monday, “are if we don’t merge.”

Well, when you put it like that.

14. He was painfully honest about his struggles.

When a Twitter user asked whether the ups and downs Musk has had make for a more enjoyable life, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX responded in a painfully honest way.

The reality is great highs, terrible lows and unrelenting stress. Don't think people want to hear about the last two.

Musk was referring to SpaceX's three existing autonomous ships that support sea landings of its Falcon 9 reusable rocket.

16. Even with a busy schedule, he provides customer service.

Even while running Tesla, SpaceX and his side companies, Musk makes time for customers. After a Tesla customer tweeted about a poor experience he had in one of the Tesla stores, Musk responded directly to the person letting him know he was taking care of the issue.

Def not ok. Just sent a reminder to Tesla stores that we just want people to look forward to their next visit. That's what really matters.

17. He trolls his competition.

In response to a USA Today story about Daimler’s announcement that it would be investing $1 billion in electric vehicles, Musk tweeted that $1 billion wasn’t enough to compete with Tesla. Daimler responded to Musk in agreement, saying that the figure was missing a zero and the company was actually spending $10 billion.